Firm Ranks #1 in Multiple Practice Areas in Both Indiana and Ohio

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Cincinnati, OH  – Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP proudly announces that 95 attorneys were honored in The Best Lawyers in America 2011 for outstanding reputations and distinguished work in their practice areas.

Published by Woodward/White, Inc., Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, and is regarded as one of the most valued referral sources for lawyers. Lawyers were selected based on a confidential peer-review survey of the top attorneys in the country.

Taft has six practice areas ranked #1 in Ohio and Indiana including antitrust law, appellate law, gaming law, international trade and finance law, venture capital law and technology law. The following is the complete list of the firm’s number one rankings:

• Top-Listed in Indiana in Technology Law
• Top-Listed in Ohio in Antitrust Law
• Top-Listed in Ohio in Appellate Law
• Top-Listed in Ohio in Gaming Law
• Top-Listed in Ohio in International Trade and Finance Law
• Top-Listed in Ohio in Venture Capital Law
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Antitrust Law
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Appellate Law
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Banking Law
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Employee Benefits Law
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Health Care Law
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in International Trade and Finance Law
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Non-Profit/Charities Law
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Tax Law 
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Trusts and Estates
• Top-Listed in Cincinnati in Venture Capital Law
• Top-Listed in Cleveland in Administrative Law
• Top-Listed in Cleveland in Family Law
• Top-Listed in Cleveland in Gaming Law
• Top-Listed in Cleveland in Real Estate Law
• Top-Listed in Cleveland in Venture Capital Law
• Top-Listed in Dayton in Labor and Employment Law
• Top-Listed in Indianapolis in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law 
• Top-Listed in Indianapolis in Corporate Governance and Compliance
• Top-Listed in Indianapolis in Technology Law

The following are Taft attorneys listed by city:

Cincinnati, OH
Lawrence J. Barty	Labor and Employment Law
Robert A. Bilott	Environmental Law
Kim K. Burke	Commercial Litigation  Environmental Law
Doreen Canton	Labor and Employment Law
Ronald C. Christian	Non-Profit/Charities Law
Eric K. Combs	Commercial Litigation
Jeanne M. Cors	Antitrust Law
Edward D. Diller	Real Estate Law
G. Jack Donson Jr.	Antitrust Law  Commercial Litigation
Stuart Dornette	Bet-the-Company Litigation  Commercial Litigation
Samuel M. Duran	Workers’ Compensation Law
Daniel Fausz *	Real Estate Law
Jerold A. Fink	Employee Benefits Law
Gerald S. Greenberg	Banking Law  Corporate Governance and Compliance Law  Corporate Law  Mergers & Acquisitions Law  Venture Capital Law
Stephen M. Griffith Jr.	Real Estate Law
Thomas C. Hill	Antitrust Law
Daniel J. Hoffheimer	Trusts and Estates
Timothy J. Hurley	Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law  Commercial Litigation
Michael A. Laing	Employee Benefits Law
Margaret A. Lawson	Corporate Law  Information Technology Law  Intellectual Property Law
John J. McCoy	Corporate Law  Health Care Law
Julia B. Meister	Commercial Litigation  Trusts and Estates
W. Timothy Miller	Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Patrick J. Mitchell	Tax Law
George D. Molinsky	Corporate Law  Venture Capital Law
Toshio Nakao	International Trade and Finance Law
John B. Nalbandian	Appellate Law
Stephen M. Nechemias	Tax Law
R. Joseph Parker	Bet-the-Company Litigation  Commercial Litigation  Personal Injury Litigation
David H. Peck	Labor and Employment Law
Tracey A. Puthoff	Banking Law
Gerald J. Rapien	Personal Injury Litigation
Timothy P. Reilly	Labor and Employment Law
Robert E. Rich	Health Care Law  Tax Law
Laura A. Ringenbach	Environmental Law
Gregory Parker Rogers	Labor and Employment Law
Sara Rorer *	Health Care Law
Mary L. Rust	Trusts and Estates
Russell S. Sayre	Appellate Law  Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey S. Schloemer	Banking Law  Corporate Law
Thomas R. Schuck	Commercial Litigation
William J. Seitz III	Antitrust Law  Commercial Litigation
Melvin S. Shotten	Banking Law  Corporate Law  Health Care Law
Mark J. Stepaniak	Labor and Employment Law
Timothy C. Sullivan	Commercial Litigation
Thomas T. Terp	Environmental Law
Ross E. Wales	International Trade and Finance Law
Steven W. Weeks	Real Estate Law
Susan E. Wheatley	Trusts and Estates
Michael J. Zavatsky	Immigration Law
Cleveland, OH
Kevin D. Barnes	Banking Law
Irving H. Berliner	Corporate Law  Gaming Law  Securities Law
Howard J. Bobrow	Corporate Law  Venture Capital Law
Michael H. Diamant	Alternative Dispute Resolution  Commercial Litigation
Dominic A. DiPuccio	Corporate Law
Bruce E. Gaynor	Real Estate Law
Leigh A. Hellner	Real Estate Law
Edward J. Leader	Real Estate Law
Bruce J. L. Lowe *	Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Steven A. Marrer	Real Estate Law
Carl A. Murway	Family Law
Stephen M. O’Bryan	Commercial Litigation  Environmental Law
William M. Phillips	Real Estate Law
Richard S. Rivitz	Corporate Law  Real Estate Law
Richard A. Rosner	Real Estate Law
Eric M. Simon	Administrative Law  Health Care Law
David R. Tavolier	Corporate Law  Tax Law
Robert J. Valerian	Commercial Litigation  Labor and Employment Law
Mark J. Valponi	Commercial Litigation
David H. Wallace	Commercial Litigation
Columbus, OH
Catherine T. Dunlay	Health Care Law
David L. Johnson	Corporate Law
Dayton, OH
Lance A. Gildner *	Tax Law
Jeffrey A. Mullins	Labor and Employment Law
Allen R. Norris	Employee Benefits Law
David N. Reed	Real Estate Law
Fred A. Ungerman Jr. *	Labor and Employment Law
Indianapolis, IN
Jerald I. Ancel	Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Thomas A. Barnard	Bet-the-Company Litigation  Commercial Litigation
Jackie M. Bennett Jr.	Commercial Litigation  Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Dave C. Bromund	Health Care Law
Robert R. Clark	Environmental Law
James A. Coles	Intellectual Property Law  Technology Law
Paul T. Deignan	Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Donald K. Densborn	Corporate Law  Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Frank J. Deveau	Environmental Law
Robert J. Hicks	Corporate Law  Mergers & Acquisitions Law
Michael P. O’Neil	Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Erick D. Ponader	Corporate Law  Mergers & Acquisitions Law  Real Estate Law
Marlene Reich	Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Neal R. Roach Jr. *	Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
Steven C. Shockley	Bet-the-Company Litigation  Commercial Litigation
Geoffrey Slaughter	Commercial Litigation
James A. Strain	Corporate Governance and Compliance Law  Corporate Law
Michael C. Terrell	Bet-the-Company Litigation  Commercial Litigation  Labor and Employment Law

(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.

About Taft
At Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, delivering outstanding legal performance to help clients succeed is what drives and motivates its more than 300 attorneys and legal professionals every day. Taft has offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Northern Kentucky; Phoenix, Arizona; and Beijing, China. The firm practices across a wide range of industries, in virtually every area of law, including: Business and Finance; Litigation; Labor and Employment; Intellectual Property; Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights; Environmental; Health and Life Sciences; Private Client Services; Real Estate and Tax law. With a proven track record of experience since 1885, Taft is proud to celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2010. The firm offers breadth and depth of legal expertise coupled with a trusted business perspective, helping its clients, big and small, regionally, nationally and internationally, in reaching their goals.